NSA revelations a mixed bag for private cloudsAugust 14, 2013
PrivateCore comments on security implications for private clouds in the aftermath of information about the NSA Prism program released by Edward Snowden.

Cloud Trust or bustAugust 7, 2013
PrivateCore highlights the issue of server infrastructure security in the cloud along with various ways that such infrastructure can be compromised by anyone or anything with physical access to a server.

Is data safer in the cloud? July 29, 2013
PrivateCore highlights trade-offs with different approaches to encrypting sensitive data in the cloud and explains the need to also consider securing data-in-use.

Microsoft Wants to Come Clean About PRISM July 17, 2013
PrivateCore describes how lawful requests for information such as those highlighted by the NSA PRISM program can force cloud service providers to hand over information including data in memory that can be used to decrypt data-at-rest.

Encryption no protection from government surveillance July 15, 2013 In light of NSA Prism requests for information from Microsoft, PrivateCore highlights encryption technologies that enable enterprises to secure their data and ensure that the enterprises controls it’s sensitive information in the face of lawful and unlawful attempts to access such data.

Microsoft Helped NSA Bypass Cloud Encryption: Report July 13, 2013 PrivateCore highlights the enterprise data privacy implications of Microsoft providing customer information to the NSA, and the need for enterprises to encrypt their data in use and at rest while directly controlling the encryption keys.

Encryption Merits Can Be Exaggerated July 8, 2013PrivateCore comments on the need to augment data-at-rest encryption with data-in-use encryption to protect sensitive data against unlawful compromise as well as for lawful requests to access to enterprise data.